Paper-feed device for autographic registers



w.-c. SHOUP AND w. E. OLIVER. PAPER FEED DEVICE FOR AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERS. APPLICATION FILED OCT. I9, I9I6. RENEWED IUNE IB. I921. 1,396,070. Patented Nov. 8, EJEI.

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UNITED STATES PAPER-FEED DEVICE FOR PATENT oar-ace.

OLIVER, OF WOODCLII'F-ON-HUDSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS REGISTER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A. CORPORATION 01 a. Ann wanm I; TO auroomnrc NEW JERSEY.

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Application filed October 19, 1918, Serial No. 128,622. Renewed June 18, 1921.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, WALTER C. Snow and WALTER E. OLIVER, citizens of the United States, and residents of the townshi of Millburn, county of Essex, State of ew Jersey, and the town of Woodclifi-on-Hudson, county of Hudson, State of New Jersey, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Paper-Feed Devices for i utographic Registers, ofwhich the following is a specificatlon. p

This invention relates, in general, todevices for mechanically regulating the feeding of one or more sheets or strips of paper or other fabric, and has specific reference to mechanism by means of which the feeding of a plurality of superposed sheets or strips may be :so regulated as to insure substantially perfect registration of certa n parts thereof-at a predetermined point in the advancement of said sheets or strips.

We have selected an autographic register with which to illustrate the commercial application-of our improved paper-feeding device, particularly on account of the fact that such registers have for many years been in common use, that it is customary to employ with them a plurality of superposed strips of paper, and that, since matter written or printed at certain points on forms initially inscribed upon the uppermost stri is intended to be reproduced autographically at corresponding points on similar forms initially inscribed upon the other strips, it is extremely important that the superposed forms shall be in exact registration at the time of the writing or printing operation. However, it is manifest that, while the use of our present invention with autographic registers may be regarded as being typical, it also has numerous other applications, as, for example, with typewriters, cash registers, vending machines and printing presses.

In some types of the various devices in which strips of fabric are required to be fed intermittently, their end portions are advanced, and the distance of advancement controlled, by direct manual pull, this method of operation sometimes being assisted by the use of some form of detent intended to enter a hole in the strip, and thereby to regulate the distance of each successive advancement. In other types, some form of feeding mechanism is employed, such Specification of Letters Patent.

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fl asa reciprocating carriage, spindles adapted to engage marginal perforations in the strips. There are, however numerous objections to the various feedin methods known heretofore, and among these ob ect1ons may be mentioned the loss of time and the attention required for manual advancement; the expense, cumbersomeness and at least partial impracticability of the so-called measured throw mechanisms devised upto the present time; the fact that it is practically impossible to secure uniform advancement of more than two superposed strips by the use of feed rollers, and the palpable o jections to marginal perforations in the strips.

Another point in connection with the foregoing objections, and it is one of very great mportance, especially to users of manifolding devices, is that, owin partly to the greater or less amount of lost motion that is usual n printing presses, partly to the very considerable variations to be found in all commercial papers such as are used for manifolding work, and partly to the differences in the shrinkage of such papers after havlng been printed upon, and the variable effects of changes in the temperatures and at mospher conditions under which the forms are printed and the paper shipped, stored and used, it has not been found commercially feasible to insure exactly uniform spacing and alinement of a series of printed forms, so that, even if a plurality of superposed strips be advanced with absolute uniformity, it is found that their forms do not remain exact registration.

Still another important consideration in this connection has to do with the desirability of alining the forms on the superposed strips transversely, as well as longitudinally. In many cases the ne: essity of securing sidewlse alinement of secondary inscriptions on strips of fabric which have primary inscriptions thereon is nearly, if not quite, as great as that of PIOViCllIIg' for alinement longitudinally of said strips, and it is believed that feed rollers, or

;no mechanism has been devised heretofore till tudinal center line will at alltimes be over a given point, and it is customary to correct for the variations in sidewise alinement by releasing the strips from the advancing mechanism and readjusting their positions manually. This is manifestly undesirable, et conditions such as those referred to herelnbefore as rendering it difiicult, if not impossible, to fix exactly the positions of either 4 primary or secondary inscriptions longitudinally of a strip of fabric also interfere with the regulation of their transverse positions.

The principal object of the invention disclosed herein is to provide mechanism adapted to feed a strip of fabric, or a plurality of superposed strips, uniformly, and, when feeding superposed strips, 'to insure substantially exact registration of predetermined portions thereof at a given point in the feeding operation, while correcting automatically for variations in the locations of said portions either longitudinally or transversely of said strips. Other objects are the provision of such feeding mechanism which shall be simple, inexpensive, unlikely to get out of order, have few wearing parts and be readily accessible for repairs and replacements, and which requires a minimum of manual attendance.

The foregoing and other features of our present invention are fully set forth in, and will be readily understood from, the following description of the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an autographic register, with our improved paperfeeding mechanism applied thereto, parts being broken away to expose some of the interior mechanism;

Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view of the mechanism by means of which the feeding of the paper strips is controlled;

Fig. 3 is a view of a portion of said mechanism in front elevation;

Fig. at. is a sectional view, taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is sectional detail view, showing the conditions that obtain when the holes in one of the strips are not in register with the holes in the other strips;

held together by suitable cross-rods 9. A

writing bed or platen 10, ofthe usual form, is surmounted by a top-plate 11, which terminates at its forward end in a hood 12, adapted to cover and protect the paper-feedin mechanism. The forward edge 13 of said top-plate 11 serves as a tearing edge by means of which the paper strips may be detachedafter having been Written upon. The platen 10 and the top-plate 11 are pivotally secured at. the upper rear ends of the side members 7 and 8, and the forward end of said top-plate, and thus that of said platen, is held in place by two similar latches 14, which project outwardly from arms 15 secured to sleeves 16 slidably mounted upon a rod 17 extending transversely between side members 7 and 8 at the upper forward ends thereof. A compression spring 18 is interposed between said sleeves 16, and tends to retain the latches 14 in position to engage projections 19 on the hood 12, while at the same time permitting said sleeves to be moved toward each other manually by means of finger tabs 20 secured-to the sleeves 16, thereby releasing latches 1 1 from engagement with the projections 19. Arms 15 are retained in their vertical positions by projections 21 on said armswhich are engaged by slots 22 in the side members of the asing.

Three strips of paper, 23, 24: and 25, are arranged in superposition over the platen 10, in position to be written upon through the opening 26 in top-plate 11, and two strips of manifolding material, 27 and 28, are interposed between paper strips 23 and 2t and 2-i and 25, respectively. The manner of disposing both'the paper strips and the manifolding strips, as just described, does not differ from that ordinarily em- 10o ployed with autographic registers.

Each of the three strips of paper has a series of similar forms 29 initially printed thereupon, and near the head of each of said forms two similar holes 30 are initially 105 formed in said strips, said holes being located symmetrically with reference to the longitudinal center line of the form, and both holes in each instance being placed at the same distance from the head of the 110 form. Manifestly, the arrangement and location of the holes may be varied from that just described, but we have found it desirable to adopt this arrangement, partly in order that the same holes may be used both 115 for carrying out the operation of our feeding mechanism and for subsequently filing the detached forms upon suitable spindles.

It is, of course desirable that the forms shall be spaced uniformly on each strip, but, for 120 r the reasons to which reference has been made hereinbefore, it has not been found feasible to secure such uniformity in commercial practice, and from the description hereinafter of the operation of our improved paper-feeding device it will be apparent that it does away with the necessity for uniform spacing of the forms.

In forming the holes in the paper strips, we formerly made use of punches which were operated in connection with the printing press, so that the forms were printed and the holes punched at the same time.

We have since found, however, that it is de-v sirable to make a separate operation of punching the holes, preferably doing this first and then controlling the feeding of the strips to the press by means of the same type of mechanism that is embodied in the present invention, thereby insuring the location of all parts of each form in predetermined positions relative to the punch holes therein. It will be apparent that forms of different lengths may be used together, when our improved feeding device is employed, since, by locating the holes in each form at the same point relative to that portion of the form which is intended to register with corr sponding portions of the other forms, exact registration of saidportions will be insured.

A roller 31 is journaled in two similar brackets 32, each of which is provided with a tension spring 33, one end of which is secured to the side member of the casing, so that said springs tend to pull roller 31 downward, while at the same time permitting brackets 32, and hence. roller 31, to-be moved manually upward against the action of said springs. At one end of roller 31 a spur gear 34 is secured thereto, said gear meslnng with a spur gear 35 secured to a shaft 36 which is journaled in side members 7 and 8 of the casing and is located vertically underneath and parallel to roller 31. Two similar circular disks 37 are secured on shaft 36, each being at the same distance from the middle of said shaft, which distance corresponds with the distance of the holes in the forms to be used from the center line thereof. At or near the middle of shaft 36. a sleeve 38 is loosely mounted thereon, said sleeve being provided with two similar and diametrically opposite grooves 39, the purpose of which will be explained hereinafter. Said sleeve 38 is held in position relative to one of said disks 37 by means of a loose spacing collar 40, and between said sleeve and theother of said disks 37 is interposed a compression spring 41, the tendency of said spring being to cause sleeve 38 to rotate with shaft 36.

A casing 42, which comprises similar end plates 43, a back plate 44 and a top plate 45, is held in position part1 by engagement of holes in the end pfates 43 with shaft 36 adjacent disks 37, and partly by engagement of slots 46 in said end plates with a shaft 47 journaled in side members 7 and 8, parallel with. below and to the rear of shaft 36; also by contact of the platen 10 with topplate 45. At or near the middle of shaft 47, in line with sleeve 38, a pawl 48 is loosely mounted on said shaft, in such position that the free end of said pawl is adapted to engage sleeve 38 and to enter the grooves 39 therein, the hole in pawl 48 which embraces shaft 47 being sufficiently larger than said shaft to permit slight forward and backward movement of said pawl relative to said shaft. A vertically-disposed plate 49 has a slot 50 therein which loosely embraces pawl 48, and two similar fingers 51 project from'the upper edge of said plate at the respective ends thereof, said fingers being in line with disks 37 on shaft 36, and projecting slightly above platen 10 when the paper strip are not in place thereover. Plate 49 is held in position partly by being loosely conne'ted near the middle of its lower edge with the free end of a for- -wardly-extending arm 52 secured to shaft 47 adjacent pawl 48, and partly by contact of the upper portion of plate 49 with top plate 45 of casing 42, 'a spring 53, one end of which is connected with plate 49 while its other end is connected with an arm 54 secured to shaft 47, tending to maintain said contact. Arm 52 has a projection 55 extending toward pawl 48, above and free from said pawl but in position to engage it upon downward movement of said pro ection, and said arm 52 also has a projection 56 extending in the opposite direction from projection 55 and embraced by a hole 57 1n a fixed arm 58 which is secured between a shaft 68 and shaft 47 by means of holes in said arm which loosely embrace said shafts, s0 as'to permit free rotation thereof, hole 57 being sufficiently larger than the projection 56 to permit movement of said projection in said hole. A tension spring 59,

one end of which is secured to plate 49 while its other end is secured to a projection 60 on pawl 48, tends to hold said pawl in its most forward position relative to shaft 47. At the end of shaft 47 which passes through side member 7, a sleeve 61 is loosely mounted on said shaft and extends through said side member, there being secured to the end of said sleeve which is adjacent the inner face of said side member a spur gear 62 connected through an intermediate gear with spur gear 35 on shaft 36, while at the end of said sleeve 61 which is adjacent the outer face of said side member is secured a hand crank 63, the turning of which imparts rotation to gear 62 and thence, through gears 35 and 34, to shaft 36 and roller 31, without, however, causing rotation of shaft 47. At the outer end of aid shaft 47, adjacent hand crank 63, is secured a. finger 64 by means of which shaft 47 may be rotated, the extent of forward rotation of said shaft being limited by engagement of two similar rearwardly-extending arms 65 on plate 49 with shaft 47, or of pawl 48 with sleeve 38, while rearward rotation of shaft 47 is limited by engagement of projection 56 on arm 52 with the upper edge of the hole 57 in arm 58. A tension spring 66, one end of which is connected with side member 8 while its other end is connected with an arm 67 secured to shaft 4:7 adjacent said side member, tends to retain shaft 17 in its position of maximum rearward rotation.

The shaft 68 is journaled in side members 7 and 8 of the casing, and has a milled or knurled knob 69 secured at one end of said shaft to facilitate manual turning thereof. Near each end of said shaft it is cut away to form a flat surface 70 which is embraced by aslot 71 in bracket 32, so that when said flat surfaces are uppermost brackets 32, and hence roller 31, tend to be held. by springs 33 in their lowermost positions, while, upon turning said shafts 68 through a partial revolution, said brackets and the roiler journaled therein are moved upward against the action of springs 33. A: rearwardly-extending arm 72 is secured to shaft 68 in position to engage projection 56 on arm 52, so that, upon partial rear: ward rotation of shaft 68, partial forward rotation is imparted to shaft 47, and thus at the same time that roller 31 is moved upward to free the strips of paper interposed between said roller and the disks 37,

orto permit the introduction of new strips.

therebetwan, the plate, 49, and thus the fingers 51, is moved downward, thereby permitting free movement of the paper strips.

It will he noted that when the free end of pawl 48 is in engagement with one of the grooves 39 in sleeve 38, this being the initial position of said parts, the other one of said grooves is located vertically below the center line of roller-31, and, owing to the size and shape of said grooves, no part of sleeve 38 is under these conditions in position to cooperate with roller 31 in gripping the strips of pa 1' therebetween. side diameter of sleeve 38 is the same as that of disks 37, and when grooves 39 are not in the vertical center line of sleeve 38,.

which coincides with that of roller 31, said sleeve cooperates with roller 31 in gripping the strips.

Referring now to the operation of our 1mproved aper-feedin mechanism, and startmg wi all parts thereof in what may be termed their initial positions, knob 69. is turned manually to the rear about a quarter revolution, which is sufiicient to move roller 31 upward out of position to cooperate with disks 37 and, by engagement ofarm 72 on shaft 68 with projection 56 on arm 52, to

. turn shaft 47 forward, against the action of s rin 66 thereb moving fingers 51'below the ugp'er surfac of platen 10. I Latches 14 are next released from en agement with projections 19 on hood 12, y pressing finger tabs 20 manually toward each other, and top-plate 11 is lifted andkmoved pivotnllv to the rear, thereby exposing platen 10. The

owever, the out-V strips of paper 23, 24 and 25 are then arranged in superposition over the platen, with the manifolding strips 27 and 28 interposed between their respective pairs of paper strips, and the ends of the paper stri s are introduced between roller 31 and dis 37, it being desirable that the strips shall be in sidewise registration and centrall located with reference to disks 37, but it being unnecessary to insure registration of the holes in the strips longitudinally thereof. Knob 69 is now turned manuaily forward to its initial position, thereby enga 'ng the paper strips between roller 31 and disks 37, and causing fingers 51 on plate 49 to project slightly above platen '10 and into contact with the lowermost paper stri Upon returning top plate 11 to its initial position and securing it there by means ofvlatches 14, the paper. strips are flattened down and fingers 51 are thereby depressed until the upper ends thereof are substantially flush with the top surface of platen 10. Td bring the forms on the superposed paper strips into registration beforeamakin the first entry on the uppermost strip, and crank 63 is turned manually forward,,'thereby imparting rotation to roller31 and shaft 36, and, through cooperation between said roller and disks 37, advancing the paper strips. When the holes in the lowermost strip pass the forward edge of platen 10, they will be engaged by fingers 51, due to the tendency strips will continue to advance, upon continued turning of the hand crank, until the holes in the middle strip are similarly engaged by disks 37-, whereupon said strip will stop, and the uppermost strip only will be advanced until similar enga ement takes place with respect to the holes is erein. When any one of the strips has been advanced until the holes therein are engaged by fingers 51 and disks 37, in the manner just described, said strip is no longer held tightl between said disks and roller 31, but'is ree to be moved slightly sidewise m either direction, and, owing to the size and shape of the holes, the position of the stripwill be adines of said oles coincide with the centerpasted laterall by fingers 51 until the center lines of said fingers, if thatcondition does not enist without such adjustment. This sidewise athustment, it should be noted, is

the only function of fingers 51, which are not adapted to oppose advancement of the strips, this function being performed by disks 37 in the manner described.

With the strips in position for the writing operation, further revolution of the hand crank will cause no movement-of any of them, and thus provision is made against accidental or unauthorized advancement of one or more stripsat a time when the autographic register is not intended to be in use. It is apparent that, if forms of different lengths are to be used on the different strips, the shortest form should be on the lowermost strip, the next shortest on the next srip, and so on, and that .the width of thp strip of manifolding material over each paper strip should correspond to the length of the forms on said paper strip. Then, by the use of the paper-feeding device described herein, the superposed forms will be brought into the desired positions relative to each other sleeve 38 to be rotated through predetermined location of the holes therein, and only so much of the matter written upon the uppermost form will be reproduced upon the other forms as is provided for by the widths of the strips of manifolding material.

In order to resume advancement of the superposed strips, so as to bring another set of forms into position for use, finger 64 is depressed to turn shaft 47 slightly forward, whereupon fingers 51 are moved downward out of engagement with the holes in the used forms, and, due to the action of spring 53, said fingers are moved backward into engagementwith top plate 45 of casing 42, so that, when finger 64 is released and fingers 51 are again moved upward by action of spring 66, said fingers 51 will be at the rear of said holes and therefore not in position to engage them. In the meantime, pawl 48, which has been in engagement with the lower one of the grooves 39 in sleeve 38, and which has been moved to its rearmost position relative to shaft 47 by the tendency of with shaft 36 by frictional contact with. spring 41, will be released from said groove, and, under action of spring 59, will be moved to its most forward position, so that when finger 64 is releasedpawl 48 will not again engage the lower one of the grooves 39 in sleeve 38, and said sleeve will be free to be turned through a partial revolution. After releasing fingers 64, the hand crank 63 is turned forward, and, due to frictional contact of spring 41 with sleeve 38, said sleeve will be oaused to rotate with shaft 36 sufiiciently to advance the paper strips until the holes in the used form are no longer engaged by disks 37, whereupon said disks will cooperate with roller 31 to continue the advancement of the'strips,-and, upon completion of approximately a half revolution of collar 38,

the groove 39 therein which was last uppermost will be engaged by pawl 48, thereby preventing further revolution of said collar until said pawl is disengaged either by depressing finger 64 or by turning shaft 68 rearwardly.

It will be apparent that each of the successive strip-advancing operations is performed in the manner just described, and that this results in accomplishing all of the objects which have been referred to hereinbefore as being necessary or desirable in connection with paper-feeding devices. It

is also manifest that, while we have selected three strips of paper for purposes of illustration, the successful and satisfactory operation of our device, and the principles upon which such operation is based, are independent of the number of strips, their width or the fabric from which they are manufactured; also that sheets of fabric, instead of strips, may be used.

Many modifications of minor details of our improved paper-feeding device will doubtless readily suggest themselves to those skilled in this art, and we therefore do not desire to limit our invention to the specific. construction shown and described.

lVe claim as our invention, and desire to protect by Letters Patent 1. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of an aperture therein, means for advancing said strip comprising substantially annular means which, upon engaging said aperture, render said advancing means inoperative to continue said advancement.

2. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of a series of apertures arranged longitudinally thereof, means for advancin said strip comprising substantially anniiIar means which, upon successivelyengaging said apertures, render said advanc-. ing means intermittently inoperative to continue said advancement.

3. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of apertures arranged in series both longitudinally and. transversely thereof, means for advancing said strip comprising substantially annular means which, upon successively engaging the series of transversely-arranged apertures, render said advancing means intermittently inoperative to continue said advancement.

4. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a plurality of superposed strips feeding of a plurality of superposed strips of fabric through the medium of a series of apertures arranged longitudinally of each thereof, means for advancing sald strips comprising means which, upon successively engaging said apertures, render said advancing means intermittently inoperative to continue said advancement.

6. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding ofa plurality of superposed strips of fabric through the medium of apertures arranged in series both longitudinally and transversely thereof, means for advancing said strips comprising means which, upon successively engaging the series of transversely-arranged apertures, render said ad- 'vancing means intermittently inoperative to continue said advancement.

7. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a. strip of fabric through the medium of an aperture therein, rotatable means for advancing said stripcomprising substantially annular means which, upon engaging said aperture, render said advancing means inoperative to continue said advancement.

8. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a plurality of superposed strips of fabric through the medium of an apervanoement intermittent.

10. In a device adapted to regulate th feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium .of a series of aperturesarran ed longitudinally fthereof, two members etween which said strip is interposed, one of said'members being rotatable, and one member being substantially annular, cooperating with the other to advance said strip, and, upon successively engaging said apertures, rendering'said advancement intermittent.

11. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a strip of. fabric through the medium of a series of apertures arranged longitudinally thereof, two rotatable members between which said strip is interposed, one of said members being substantially annular, cooperating with the other to advance said strip, and, upon successively engaging said apertures, rendering said advancement intermittent.

12. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a strip of fabric through the lne dium of an aperture therein, two members between which said strip is interposed, one of saidmembers cooperating with the other member to advance said strip, and, upon engaging said aperture, becoming inoperativev to continue such advancement, and means for separating said members to render them strip, said means, upon engaging sai aperture, becoming inoperative to continue such advancement, and means for rendering said advancing means again operative.

15. The combination, with a strip of fabric having an aperture therein, of means for advancingsaid strip, said means, upon engaging said aperture, becoming inoperative to continue such advancement, and means adapted to enter saidaperture to move'said strip transversely.

16. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a plurality of'superposed strips of fabric'through the medium of an aperture in each thereof, means for advancin said strips, said means, upon engaging sai apertures, becoming lnoperative to continue such advancement, and means adapted to enter said apertures to move said strips transversely.

17. In a device ada ted to regulate the feeding of a strip of fa ric through the medium of a series of apertures arranged longitudinally thereof, means for advancing said strip, said means, upon successivel engaging said apertures, rendering sai ad vancement intermittent, and means adapted to enter said apertures to move said strip transversely.

18. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a plurality of'superposed strips of fabric through the medium of a series of apertures arranged longitudinally .of each thereof, means for advancing said strips, said means, upon successively engaging said apertures, rendering said advancement mtermittent, and means adapted to enter said apertures to move said stri s transversely;

19. In a device adag) to regulate the feeding of a strip of fa ric through the me"- dium of an aperture therein, two members between which said stri -is interposed and 130 20. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of a series of apertures arranged longitudinally thereof, two members between which said strip is interposed and adapted ,to be moved, means whereby longitudinal movement of said strip ceases intermittently upon successive engagements of said means with said apertures, and means adapted to enter said apertures to move said strip transversely.

21. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a plurality of superposed strips of fabric through the medium of an aperture in each thereof, two members between which said strips are interposed and adapted to be moved, means whereby advancement of each strip ceases upon engagement of said means with the aperture in said strip, and means adapted to enter the aperture in each strip to move said strip transversely.

22. In a device adapted to regulate, the feeding of a plurality of superposed strips of fabric through the medium of a series of apertures arranged longitudinally of each thereof, two members between which said strips are interposed and adapted to be moved, means whereby advancement of each strip ceases intermittently upon successive engagements of said means with the apertures in said strip, and means adapted to enter the aperture in each strip to move said strip transversely.

23. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of an aperture therein, two members between which said strip is interposed, one of said members being provided with means adapted to cooperate with the other member to advance said strip, and, upon engagement with said aperture, to cease to cause such advancement, and means adapted to enter said aperture to move said strip transversely.

24. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of an aperturetherein, two members between which said strip is interposed, one of said members being yieldingly pressed toward the other, and one member being provided with means adapted to cooperate with the other member to advance said strip, and, upon engagement with said aperture, to cease to cause such advancement, and means adapted to enter said aperture to move said strip transversely.

25'. In a. device adapted to regulate the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of an aperture therein, two menibers between which said strip is interposed, one of said members being provided with means adapted to cooperate with the other member to advance said strip, and. upon engagement with said aperture, to cease to cause such advancement, means for separating said members to render them non-cooperative, and means adapted to enter said aperture to move said strip transversely.

26. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of an aperture therein, two members between which said strip is interposed, one of said members being rotatable, and one member being provided with means adapted to cooperate with the other member to advance said strip, and, upon engagement with said aperture. to cease to cause such advancement, and means adapted to enter said aperture to move said strip transversely.

27. In adevice adapted to regulate the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of an aperture therein, two rotatable members between which said strip is interposed, one of said members being provided with means adapted to cooperate with the other member to advance said strip, and, upon engagementwith said aperture, to cease to cause such advancement, and means adapted to enter said aperture to move said strip transversely.

28. In a device adapted to regulate the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of an aperture therein, two members between which said strip is interposed, one of said members being provided with means adapted to cooperate with the other member to advance said strip, and, upon engagement withsaid aperture, to cease to cause such advancement, means whereby said advancement is caused to be resumed, and means adapted to enter said aperture to move said strip transversely.

29. An autographic register adapted for use with record strips containing a series of similar forms between each two of which a hole is provided, and comprising a frame, a roller journaled in the forward end of said frame, an annulus on said roller, and a rotating object against which said annulus presses a strip for movement thereby untii said annulus enters one of the holes in said strip.

30. An autographic register adapted for use with record strips containing a series of similar forms between each two of which a hole is provided in each strip of forms and comprising a frame, a pair of rollers journaled in the forward end of said frame, to receive said strips, an annulus on one roller to press a strip against the other roller for movement thereby until said an nulus enters one of the holes in said strip, and means to advance all of said strips after the corresponding holes therein reach said annulus.

31. A device of the character described I adapted for use with webs having a series 'of spaced feeding sections thereon, comprising, in combination, a support for webs, means for feeding a plurality of webs over said sup rt, comprising means for engaging sai webs at one of said feeding sections and feeding each of said webs a distance e ual to the length of saidfeeding section 0 said webs, said means being adapted to pass out of engagement with said webs at the end of the feeding section, whereby the feeding of the webs is stopped, and means for engaging the webs for starting the feeding of said webs when said feeding means is not in engagement with the'feeding section of the webs. Y

32. A device of the character described adapted for use with webs having longitudi nal yspacedperforations,compr1sing,in combination, a support for aplurality of webs, means for feeding said webs over said support comprising-means adapted to engage said webs in longitudinal alinement with said perforations, said means being of a width less than the width of the erfora= tions, and auxiliary means adapte to engage saidwebs out of alinement with the perforations.

33. A device of the character described adapted for use with webs having longitudinally spaced perforations, comprising, in com ination, a support for webs, rotary means for engaging said webs in line with said perforatlons on a line of contact narrower than the width of the perforations, comprising rotating members acting on both faces of the webs, and means for enga ing said webs out of alinement with the per orations to start the feeding of the same.

34. In a 'device for regulating the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of an aperture therein, two continuously-coo rative members for advancing said strip, a 1 parts of thecontact surface of one of said members, being ada ted to contact with the other of said mem rs through said aper- Iture, and said first-named member, upon engaging said aperture, rendering said advancmg members moperative to continue said advancement.

35. In a device for regulating the feeding of a stri of fabric through the medium of a series 0 apertures arranged longitudinally thereof, two members between which said strip is interposed and adapted to be advanced, all parts of the contact surface of one of said members being adapted to enter said apertures and, upon successive engagements therewith, rendering said advancement intermittent.

36. In a device for regulating the feedin of a strip of fabric through the medium 0 an aperture therein, means for advancing said strip which, n n engaging said apercooperative with said roller to adv to'said ture, render said a vancing means inoperative to continue said advancement, and means initially held against operative movement for rendering said advancing means initiallystationary means for rendering said advancing means a ain operative, and means fgrlrendering sai immovable means mova e.

38. In mechanism for regulating the distances of successive advancements of a strip of fabric through the medium of a series of apertures arranged longitudinally thereof, a pm or finger adapted to enter said apertures successively, and having arcuate movement in the direction of advancement of said strip.

39. In mechanism for regulating the position 11 on a work table of a strip of fabric, throng the medium of a seriesof apertures arranged longitudinally thereof, a member adapted to enter said apertures successively and thereby to adjust the position ofsaid strip transversely of said work table, said member being adapted for arcuate movement in the direction of longitudinal advancement of said strip, and coincident therewith.

40. In mechanism for re ulating the position upon a work table 0% a lurality of superposed strips of fabric, 1 medium of an aperture in each thereof, a member adapted to enter the aperture in each of said stri s and thereby to adjust the positions of sai strips transversely of said work table, said member being adapted for arcuate movement longitudinally of said strips.

41. In mechanism for controlling the distances of successive advancements of a plurality of superposed strips of fabric over a work table and regulating their positions thereupon, through the medium of a series of apertures arranged longitudinally of each of said strips, a member adapted to enter the apertures in each of said strips and thereby to adjust successively the positions of saidlongitudinally thereof, a feed roller, an a member the contact surface of which has substantially the same width throughout t rough the termittent.

strip a distance substantially equivalent to the distance between two of the adjacent apertures therein, and, upon engagement with said apertures, becoming inoperative to continue strip advancement.

43. In mechanism for feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of a series of apertures arranged longitudinally thereof, the combination with a feed roller, and a member the contact surface of which has substantially the same width throughout cooperative with said roller to advance said strip a distance substantially equivalent to the distance between two of the adjacent apertures therein, and,

upon engaging said apertures, becoming inoperative to continue said advancement, of means cooperative with said feed roller to cause said advancement to be resumed.

44. In mechanism for regulating the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of apertures arranged in series longitudinally thereof, the combination, with a member by which said strip is engaged, of means cooperating with said member for strip advancement, the contact surface of said means being narrower throughout than said apertures, and said means being independently operable to render said advancement intermittent upon successive engagements with said apertures.

45. In mechanism for regulating the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of a ertures arranged in serles longitudinally t ereof, the combination, with a member by which said strip is engaged, of revoluble means cooperative with said member throughout a complete revolution of said means, to advance said strip, and adapted, upon successive engagements with said apertures at any point in the revolution of said means, to rendersaid advancement in- 46. In mechanism for feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of apertures arrangedin series longitudinally thereof, the combination, with two members between which said strip is fed, of means for operating said members synchronously, all parts of the contact surface of one of said members being adapted to enter said apertures, being the sole means cooperating with the other of said members for strip advancement, and being adapted to regulate the distance of each of the successive advancements of said strip by engagement with the apertures therein.

47. In mechanism for regulating the "feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of an aperture therein, the combination, with means for advancing said strip, which, upon engaging said aperture, become inoperative to continue such advancement, and means adapted for either "mechanical or manual actuation of said adregulating theregulating the I vancing means, of means manually made of fective for rendering said advancing means again operative for strip advancement.

48. ing of a strip of fabric through the medium of a series of apertures arranged longitudinally thereof, is e combination, with means for advancing said strip, which, upon en-' gaging any one of said apertures, becomes ineffective to continue such advancement, of means for rendering said advancing means again effective for strip advancement, the period of intermission between successive advancements of said strip being variable at the will of the operator. 7

49. In mechanism for regulating the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of an aperture therein, rotatable means for advancing said strip, all parts of the contact surface of said means being narrower than said aperture, whereby said means, upon engaging said aperture, becomes ineffective for strip advancement. 50. In mechanism for regulatin the feeding of a strip of fabric throng the medium of an aperture therein, the combination, with rotatable means for advancing said strip, all parts of the contact surface of said means being narrower than said aperture, and said means, upon engaging said aperture, becoming ineffective for strip advancement, of means for renderin said advancing means again effective to a vance said strip.

51. In mechanism for regulating the feeding of a strip of fabric through the medium of a perforation therein, the combination, with means for frictionally engaging said strip for its advancement, the contact surface of said advancing means being narrower throughout than said perforation, whereby said means, upon engaging said perforation, becomes ineffective for strip advancement, of means for bringing said advancing means into frictional enga ement with an unperforated portion of sai strip, whereby strip advancement is caused to be resumed. I

52. In mechanism for regulating the feeding of astrip of fabric through the medium of an aperture therein, the combination, with two cooperating members between which said strip is interposed and adapted to be fed, the strip-contact surface of one of said members bein narrower than said aperture, and sa'd member, upon engagin said aperture, becoming non-cooperative or stri advancement, of means rendered effective independently of the other of said members for causing said two members to become again effecti e for stri advancement.

53. In mechanism for regulating the feeding of avstrip of fabric havin a series of perforations arranged longitu lnally thereof, the combination, with a feed roller, and

In mechanism for regulating the feedmeans for actuating said roller, of a rotatable member adapted for frictional engagement with said strip, and cooperative with said roller for strip advancement, said member, upon successively engaging said perforations, becoming non-effective to cooperate with said roller for strip advancement,

and means rendered effective manually for bringing said member into frictional engagement with an unperforated portion of said strip, and thus rendering said member again e ective to cooperate with said feed roller for strip advancement, whereby the period of intermission between each of the successive strip advancements is subject to manual control, either through the medium of said means for actuating said feed roller, or through the medium of said means for bringing said cooperating member into engagement with in'unperforated portion of said strip. I 54. In combination, a strip of fabric provided with a series of apertures arranged longitudinally thereof; rotatable means comprising-a roller and a disk, by which the stri is. advanced and which becomes ineffective to advance the strip when an aperture is over the disk; and means, actuated by an operator, to co-act with the feed roller to move the stri so that the aperture is no longer above t e disk, whereby the feed roller and disk may again advance the strip.

55. In combination, a strip of fabric provided with a series of apertures arranged longitudinally thereof; rotatable means comprising a roller and a disk, by which the strip is advanced and which becomes ineffective to advance the strip when an aperture is over the disk; and means, actuated by an operator, to co-act with the feed roller to move the strip so that the aperture is no longer above the disk whereby the feed roller and disk may again advance the strip whereupon the said means is automatically moved out of co-action with the feed roller to a position where it may again be moved in co-action with the feed roller by the operator.

56. In combination, a strip of fabric provided with a series of apertures arranged longitudinally thereof; rotatable means comprising a feed roller and a disk by which the strip is advanced and which becomes ineffective to advance the strip when an aperture is over the disk; a finger adapted to enter the aperture atthe time it reaches the disk; and means actuated by an operator to co-act with the feed roller to move the strip so that the aperture is no longer above the disk and at the same time to move the finger out of the aperture whereby the feed roller and disk may again advance the strip.

In testimony of the foregoing, we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of the subscribing witnesses. I

WALTER c. sHoUP. WALTER E. OLIVER.

Witnesses:

J. D. NULLER, J os. F. HIILENBRAND. 

